Diagnostics in 5 patients with possible primary haemochromatosis;Diagnostiek bij 5 patiënten met mogelijk primaire hemochromatose

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 147, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 666-670

  Jacobs, E M G ^a,b   De Vries, R A ^a   Elving, L D ^a   Stalenhoef, A F H ^a   Swinkels, D W ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b RIJNSTATE HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITIN; HFE PROTEIN; TRANSFERRIN;

ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; EUROPE; FATIGUE; FEMALE; FERRITIN BLOOD LEVEL; GENE MUTATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEPATITIS C; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; IRON METABOLISM; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER BIOPSY; MALAISE; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRANSFERRIN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; FERRITINS; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HISTOCOMPATIBILITY ANTIGENS CLASS I; HUMANS; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MIDDLE AGED; PHLEBOTOMY; TRANSFERRIN;

EID: 0037420490     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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